We Need to Talk About Anita Hill Now More Than EverOn October

We Need to Talk About Anita Hill Now More Than Ever On October 11, 1991, a 35-year-old black woman and law professor named Anita F. Hill sat before the Senate Judiciary Committee to publicly share her allegations of sexual harassment against her then supervisor at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas. Hill's testimony set the precedent for understanding workplace sexual harassment and the nuances of power in work environments as we understand them today.
Several hundred pages of transcripts detail Hill's recollection of instances of sexual intimidation, inappropriate comments, and presumptions of consensual sexual interest that strained her experiences with Thomas. Most prominent in the interrogation were senators Arlen Specter and Joe Biden , who asked for explicit detail about Hill's interactions with Thomas, including her accusations of sexual solicitation and exposure to pornographic messages. Biden has since apologized ( though not...